Notices_Sunday 7th August — 9th Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES

 

Happy Birth­day to:  Brett Dav­ies; Ron Nath; and Jen­nifer McGovern.

 

 

Tonight: 5pm Spir­it of Taize service

 

 

 

The flowers in the church today have been donated by Steph­en Gates in lov­ing memory of his moth­er, Jean Gates.

 

 

 

CONFIRMATION:  Bp Stead will be the con­firm­ing bish­op at St Luke’s on 16 Octo­ber which will also be our Patron­al Fest­iv­al for 2022.  We do have one can­did­ate but if there are oth­ers inter­ested, please speak with Fr Jeff.  Pre­par­ing for con­firm­a­tion is a fun and inter­est­ing time.

 

 

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MOW Nation­al Con­fer­ence and 30th Anniversary – 16–18 Sept 2022

Fly­ers are avail­able at the back of the church, with details regard­ing regis­tra­tion and costs.  There are now 100 female Bish­ops through­out the Anglic­an Com­mu­nion – but not one female priested in Sydney!

 

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UPDATE — ANGLICANS TOGETHER DINNER

It has now been con­firmed that that Pro­fess­or Peter Sher­lock, Vice Chan­cel­lor of the Uni­ver­sity of Divin­ity and Bish­op Michael Stead will engage in a con­ver­sa­tion and dis­cus­sion on the top­ic, ‘Anglic­ans Togeth­er — is it pos­sible or a pipe dream?’ with Bish­op Genieve Black­well as moderator.

Cost: $75 for mem­bers of AT and $90 for non-mem­bers for a two-course din­ner, speak­ers and cof­fee, wine extra.

Loc­a­tion: Cast­lere­agh Boutique Hotel (the old Mason­ic club), 169–171 Cast­lere­agh Street, Sydney.

BOOKINGS will be online only.  When the web­site for book­ings appears you will have a notice sent to you by par­ish e‑mail.  Num­bers are lim­ited so get in early. Any ques­tions please ask Tony Brownlow.

 

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Wordsworth & Maskell Pipe Organ Recit­al — 3pm on Sunday, 18 Septem­ber 2022 — keep and share the date

Well-known to Sydney audi­ences, St Luke’s is delighted to wel­come Heath­er Moen-Boyd to per­form, at last, a recit­al to mark the final stage in the res­tor­a­tion of the Church’s unique 1883 Wordsworth & Maskell Pipe Organ.

From Moz­art to Mendels­sohn, whose works were per­formed at the instrument’s 1884 recit­al, the per­form­ance will include but­ter­flies and cuckoos for the Spring Equi­nox and the Great Gate of Kyiv.

Entry:  $10 ($5 all con­ces­sions), includ­ing pro­gramme note.

RSVP:  to Kathy Drum­mond /Brett Dav­ies / OrganatEnmore@gmail.com

 

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Food for our worms –Please leave your worm food gifts at church on Sundays or drop off dur­ing the week.  (NB — no dairy, cit­rus or meat)  Fr. Jeff

 

 

ST PAUL’S PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items: A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for donations.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Steph­en Gates & Andrew; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; Kev­in Green; Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnolo; Lach­lan Gray, Rose­mary Ran­dall & Frances; Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia; and Richard Hagan & Som.

Monday: Selina Hardy & John; Kelvin Har­ris; and Moya Holle.

Tues­day: Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex; and Nic­ola & James Howard.

Wed­nes­day: Pamela Jak­sic; Noel Jeffs; and Geoff Lind­say & Mandy Tibbey.

Thursday: Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar; and Fabi­an LoSchiavo.

Fri­day: We pray for Fr John Bunyan’s pas­tor­al care min­istry at Bank­stown Hos­pit­al and all those he min­is­ters to.

Sat­urday: Dear lov­ing Fath­er, please deliv­er us from the coronavir­us and lim­it its impact on Aus­tralia and the world. In your mercy bring a swift end to this crisis.  Please pro­tect with your lov­ing care those we love — our fam­il­ies, friends and neigh­bours.  Let your fath­erly hand guide, shel­ter and strengthen them.  Cast out all anxious fears and doubts.  Give us an increas­ing trust in you and fill our hearts and minds with your peace.  We pray for those around the world now strug­gling with vari­ous COVID strains.  Heal and com­fort those who are sick and suf­fer­ing.  Pro­tect and guide the health pro­fes­sion­als who are at the front line.  Please give wis­dom and cour­age to those who bear respons­ib­il­ity for con­front­ing this chal­lenge.  We ask these things through the power­ful name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

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Pray­ers for the sick: Peter Cinelli; Ray Som­mer; John Bowen; John Pahali; Tony Brown­low; Mary Middleton; Helen; Vince; Julie Ankers; John Per­kins; Florence Shel­lard; Aman­da Romeo; Andy Ser­afin; Ruth Dodd; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Joanne Kenny; The Pso­mas Fam­ily and Len Parsons.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Jean Gates; Albert Wat­son; Mervyn Dav­is; Diana Gomez; Grace John­son; Ian Scott; and Mary Sotiriadis.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  8^th: Domin­ic, Priest & Fri­ar (d. 1221);  9^th: Mary Sum­ner, founder of the Mother’s Uni­on (d. 1921);  10^th: Laurence, Dea­con and mar­tyr at Rome (d. 258);  11^th: Clare of Assisi (d. 1252); and John Henry New­man, Car­din­al & theo­lo­gian (d. 1890);  and 13^th: Jeremy Taylor, Bish­op & spir­itu­al writer (d. 1667).

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: John Hardy; Pau­line Newell; Beth Arm­strong; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; Shir­ley, Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Kuwert; Rev Laurie MacIntyre; Kiki Chun; Raul of Radio Skidrow and his fam­ily; Andrew Strat­golda; Loch­lan Lones­bor­ough; and Noel Jeffs.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Mary Moth­er of Our Lord

First Read­ing: Isai­ah 61.10–62.3             Psalms: Song of Mary (APBA p. 31)

Second Read­ing: Gala­tians 4.4–7                        Gos­pel: Luke 2.1–7